At a time when most people have either achieved their dreams or given up on them, Asia's first Olympic gold-medal winner in fencing, Luan Jujie, will be competing at her fourth Games, aged 50.
Qualifier Liang Wenbo became the first Chinese to reach the quarter-finals of the snooker world championship when he came through a tense deciding frame against Joe Swail to win 13-12 on Monday.
China was licking its wounds after a pummelling at the hands of five-time champion Spain but its Fed Cup adventure has given its players vital experience ahead of the Olympics.
Four-year-old Alex Hua Tian took up horse riding in Beijing's suburbs and 14 years later became a history maker in the equestrian world.
Five cartoon images of rams were last night unveiled as the mascots for the 2010 Asian Games to be held in Guangdong.
China's Olympic and world champion Chen Zhong fights Nadin Dawani from Jordan to win the women's over 72 kilograms category final at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Luoyang of Central China's Henan Province April 27, 2008. [Xinhua]
China's men's basketball team has a mountain to climb at the Beijing Games, Chinese Basketball Association president Li Yuanwei commented after the match-ups were announced for the Olympics.
China's Ding Junhui overcame an opening session blip to secure his place in the second round of the snooker world championships here on Tuesday as he edged Hong Kong's Marco Fu 10-9.
China's Ding Junhui (front) and Marco Fu from Hong Kong of China react during the first round of the Snooker World Championships in Sheffield of England April 22, 2008. Ding eliminated Fu in the deciding frame of the best-of-nineteen game. [Xinhua]
China kept its winning streak as it thrashed New Zealand 99-73 to remain atop of the standings at the six-nation women's basketball tournament here on Monday.
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